---
name: "update"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "interchange"
version: "5.7.7-2"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/update"
---

# update(1p)

## NAME

update -- command line setting of Interchange databases

## VERSION

1\.0

## SYNOPSIS

```
   update -c catalog [-f field -k key [-t table] value]
```

## DESCRIPTION

Interchange's `"update"` is a rudimentary method of directly setting the DBM files (not the ASCII files) of a Interchange DBM database.

NOTE: This command DOES NOT APPLY TO SQL databases. They have their own command line monitors that are more flexible.

## OPTIONS

- \-c name

  Sets the catalog for which `"update"` operates. It reads the catalog.cfg file to retrieve database settings.

- \-f field

  The name of the field to set.

- \-n name

  The name of the table to set. If the table is not a DBM database the `"update"` program will terminate with an error.

## SEE ALSO

http://www.icdevgroup.org/

## AUTHOR

Mike Heins